Looking back at 2016, a year full of notable musical losses, but here we’ll focus on the new musical loves. Chvrches claims #1 for the second straight year (albeit in a remix the previous year). Corinne Bailey Rae, New Order, Garbage, and All Saints made welcomed returns, and we see Yellowcard’s swan song and tenor Andrea Bocelli remaking of a 1961 classic, and Kaleo proves you can still rock in 2016, all this and more.

Below is my personal list of my favorite songs on my playlist for 2016. This list no doubt bears little resemblance to charts you’ll see put out by Billboard these days. As usual, a video playlist follows…

Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou better known as George Michael was born 25 June 1963 in East Finchley, London, England. He rose to fame as the music duo Wham with Andrew Ridgeley. His first solo single (although billed under Wham!) was “Careless Whisper”) and officially began his solo career with the “Faith” album released in 1987.

Current compilation of my favorite top 10 new songs, updated weekly. This playlist updated for week ending 16 December 2016. My #1 a third week is “The Hurt Is Gone” by Yellowcard. Debuting this week is “Outernet Song” by Janet Devlin.

Current compilation of my favorite top 10 new songs, updated weekly. This playlist updated for week ending 9 December 2016. My new #1 a second week is “The Hurt Is Gone” by Yellowcard. Debuting this week is “That Ain’t Country” by Aaron Lewis.

Current compilation of my favorite top 10 new songs, updated weekly. This playlist updated for week ending 2 December 2016. My new #1 is “The Hurt Is Gone” by Yellowcard. Debuting this week are “Emelie” by filous & MOUNT featuring Buster Moe and “Circles” by Jana Kramer.